diff --git a/www/mozilla-firebird/patches/patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp b/www/mozilla-firebird/patches/patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f15cd6c58e..00000000000
--- a/www/mozilla-firebird/patches/patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp,v 1.1.1.1 2003/05/18 20:43:49 wilfried Exp $
---- string/embed/nsEmbedString.cpp.orig	Mon Mar 24 23:46:49 2003
-+++ string/embed/nsEmbedString.cpp	Sun May 18 04:48:33 2003
-@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include "nsEmbedString.h"
- 
--const PRUnichar gCommonEmptyBuffer[1] = { 0 };
-+static const PRUnichar gCommonEmptyBuffer[1] = { 0 };
- 
- nsEmbedString::nsEmbedString()
- {
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ nsEmbedString::Realloc(size_type aNewSiz
- PRBool
- nsEmbedString::OwnsBuffer() const
- {
--  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer;
-+  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0;
- }
- 
- const nsEmbedString::char_type*
-@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ nsEmbedString::SetLength(size_type aLeng
-     GrowCapacity(aLength);
- 
-   mLength = aLength;
--  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer)
-+  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0)
-     AddNullTerminator();
- }
- 
-@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ nsEmbedCString::Realloc(size_type aNewSi
- PRBool
- nsEmbedCString::OwnsBuffer() const
- {
--  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer;
-+  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0;
- }
- 
- const nsEmbedCString::char_type*
-@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ nsEmbedCString::SetLength(size_type aLen
-     GrowCapacity(aLength);
- 
-   mLength = aLength;
--  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer)
-+  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0)
-     AddNullTerminator();
- }
- 
diff --git a/www/mozilla/patches/patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp b/www/mozilla/patches/patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5243702253e..00000000000
--- a/www/mozilla/patches/patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-string_embed_nsEmbedString_cpp,v 1.1 2003/05/14 21:50:59 wilfried Exp $
---- string/embed/nsEmbedString.cpp.orig	Mon Mar 24 23:46:49 2003
-+++ string/embed/nsEmbedString.cpp	Wed May 14 10:52:02 2003
-@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include "nsEmbedString.h"
- 
--const PRUnichar gCommonEmptyBuffer[1] = { 0 };
-+static const PRUnichar gCommonEmptyBuffer[1] = { 0 };
- 
- nsEmbedString::nsEmbedString()
- {
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ nsEmbedString::Realloc(size_type aNewSiz
- PRBool
- nsEmbedString::OwnsBuffer() const
- {
--  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer;
-+  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0;
- }
- 
- const nsEmbedString::char_type*
-@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ nsEmbedString::SetLength(size_type aLeng
-     GrowCapacity(aLength);
- 
-   mLength = aLength;
--  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer)
-+  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0)
-     AddNullTerminator();
- }
- 
-@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ nsEmbedCString::Realloc(size_type aNewSi
- PRBool
- nsEmbedCString::OwnsBuffer() const
- {
--  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer;
-+  return mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0;
- }
- 
- const nsEmbedCString::char_type*
-@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ nsEmbedCString::SetLength(size_type aLen
-     GrowCapacity(aLength);
- 
-   mLength = aLength;
--  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer)
-+  if (mStr != (char_type*)gCommonEmptyBuffer && mCapacity != 0)
-     AddNullTerminator();
- }
-